So I get ads are terrible, obviously. I run ad-blockers all the time. But people also get angry at paywalls. So that leaves me wondering, if not through ads or subscriptions, how is a news publisher supposed to sustain itself?

  • DandomRude@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    14 days ago

    I’m afraid there is no business model that can finance quality journalism. We are currently seeing the consequences of this.

    • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      14 days ago

      Idk, for a while we paid for it with, like, mildly misogynistic razor ads, and that felt okay

      • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        14 days ago

        Right? Like I remember a day and age when the ads were not obtrusive and awful, I would happily go back to a middle ground with normal sidebar/in video ads.

      • DandomRude@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        14 days ago

        Hey, we’ve got social media and all that now. The memes and all the valuable info from whoever will surely take care of it.